Beautiful Spiti Valley
This shot is taken from the land that the new school will be built on. The school needs several thousand of dollars to make this dream reality. In the meantime, the school has buit small huts where classes will hopefully be held next year. The huts also ward off squatters who are against the building of the school becuase it does not claim to be Budhist, the dominant religion in the Valley.
From: Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... [read more]
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... [read more] Blog: Kismet in Kaza
Date: September 29th 2006
I thought we were going to a staff meeting. Griff and I had been volunteering at a school in Manali- a town in northern India laying at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. When the Assistant Principal asked Griff and I to join her for a meeting that Tuesday night, we accepted and expected to see the inner-workings of an Indian school staff meeting. We met in a small apartment near the scho ... read more
Date: September 29th 2006
I thought we were going to a staff meeting. Griff and I had been volunteering at a school in Manali- a town in northern India laying at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. When the Assistant Principal asked Griff and I to join her for a meeting that Tuesday night, we accepted and expected to see the inner-workings of an Indian school staff meeting. We met in a small apartment near the scho ... read more
